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CUSTOMERS AT A NAPANEE STORE, 1833-1834

(c) Lennox and Addington Museum and Archives, July, 1997.

THIS IS A LIST of the customers at the Benson Store at the falls of the Napanee, 1833 - 1834.
The shop was one of four at the falls, and was a typical Upper Canadian store selling a wide range
of goods from tea, spices and whiskey to crockery and footware. At this time, Napanee was a hamlet,
consisting of less than a dozen structures grouped about two mills. Most customers were sons of
United Empire Loyalists with a scattering of later immigrants.

Why is our name spelled incorrectly?Spelling of names in the 19th century was casual.
For this transcription, less acceptable spellings (in 21st century terms, "wrong")
are shown in square brackets. When it was impossible to say whether entries belonged to one person or
two, they have been left separate, and it is up to the researcher to determine whether the entries belong
to one person or not.

Just a name, and nothing more?When nothing follows the name, the person visited the store only once.

What do all those brackets mean?Round brackets ( ) are copied directly from the source. Square brackets [ ] indicate information
added by Museum staff.

Where are the women? The hamlet may well have been a primarily male settlement in 1833 with many single men passing
through or working at the mills. However, Benson's list must not be used as evidence for this.
Remember that women may have visited the store more than is reflected in the index, since accounts
of married women were usually kept in the name of her husband.

Adams, John

Allen, Doctor

Anderson, Owen (Richmond)

Anderson, Thomas - 18 visits

Armour, Robert - 2 visits

Armstrong, J. W. and Company

Armstrong, J.W. - 11 visits

Ashwash, John (Indian) - 2 visits

Ayrhart, H.

Ayrhart [Arehart], Henry [Henery] - 6 visits

Ayrhart, Mrs. - 3 visits

Babcock, Alexander

Babcock, William - 2 visits

Baldwin, Samuel - 5 visits

Ball, Frederick

Baragan, Soloman

Bargar, Thomas

Bargar, [Baregar], Solomon- 3 visits

Barnhardt, Samuel

Barnhart, John

Barnhart, Peter - 3 visits

Barnhart, Samuel - 15 visits

Bartells, J.

Bartells, William

Bartles, Mrs.

Bartles, William

Barton [no further information] - 2 visits

Barton, Peter - 16 visits

Beaudrian, Joseph - 21 visits

Bell, F. - 4 visits

Bell, Frederick - 11 visits

Bell, Robert - 18 visits

Benson, Albert - 2 visits

Benson, C. J.

Benson, S. and J. (Belleville) [John Benson's other store]

Benson, Samuel M. - 49 visits [John Benson's brother]

Boes [inside back cover - no further information]

Boes, ? - 2 visits

Boes, Jake [?] - 7 visits

Boes, James - 2 visits

Bogart, Abraham - 3 visits

Bogart, Cornelius

Bogart, Gilbert C. - 4 visits

Bogart, John - 8 visits

Bogart, Lewis

Bogart, Nicholas - 3 visits

Booth, John - 2 visits

Boothe, John - 2 visits

Bouderau, Joseph

Bowen, John, Sr.

Bowen, Victor - 2 visits

Bowers, George - 7 visits

Boyd, Archibold - 3 visits

Bradbury, William - 2 visits

Bradshaw, David

Bradshaw, William

Brant, Mrs.

Brewster, Doctor

Bridge, Daniel - 12 visits

Butler, John

Cadwell, Austin

Caldwell, S. R. - 8 visits

Camel, Alexander - 2 visits

Cameron, George

Cameron, Rose

Campbell, Alexander - 46 visits

Campbell, Archibald, Jr.

Campbell, John - 10 visits

Carscallen, Edward

Carscallen, Luke - 10 visits

Caten, Thomas - 12 visits

Caton, Archibald - 28 visits

Chamberlain, Doctor - 4 visits

Chamberlain, James - 16 visits

Chamberlin, Blanchard - 4 visits

Chamberlin, George - 2 visits

Chamberlin, J.

Chamberlin, James - 10 visits

Charter, George

Charter, Mr.

Charters - 2 visits

Charters, George - 8 visits

Charters, Mr.

Chatters, ?

Church, Wm - 2 visits

Clark, Joseph

Clark, Samuel - 59 visits

Cleaveland, Buel - 5 visits

Cleveland, Bud - 17 visits

Cline, Adam - 5 visits [also spelled Clym, Clynde and Clyne]

Clinton, Edward - 2 visits

Cole, Conrad B. - 4 visits

Conger, P. B. - 14 visits

Conger, Peter B. - 2 visits

Cook, John - 2 visits

Cooper,?

Cooper, J.

Cooper, James

Cooper, Joseph - 23 visits

Cooper, Robert - 62 visits

Coyle, Henry - 2 visits

Cramer, C. J. - 19 visits

Cramer, Christopher - 6 visits

Crammer, Christopher J.

Crawford, Philip (Tyandinaga)

Cronk, ?

Cronk, John

Crow, Peter - 4 visits

Culbertson, John - 40 visits
[operated carting business from what is now
Deseronto]